STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl received a significant update with Patch 1.1, released on December 19, 2024. This patch introduced over 1,800 fixes and adjustments to enhance the game’s performance and player experience.
Key Updates in Patch 1.1:
- A-Life System Enhancements:
- Improved NPC spawning to prevent appearances behind the player’s back.
- Increased frequency of roaming NPCs throughout the Zone.
- Enhanced NPC visibility, navigation, and motivation systems.
- Diversified faction behaviors for a more dynamic environment.
- Addressed issues where NPCs overly detected crouching players or remained neutral during melee attacks.
- Adjusted specific enemy behaviors, such as Snorks’ aggression and psy dogs’ phantom summoning.
- Performance Improvements:
- Resolved shader compilation issues that caused infinite wait times or crashes.
- Fixed problems related to loading saved games.
- Addressed crashes occurring during game exit.
- Introduced automatic backup saves, stored for four days, enhancing save reliability (PC only).
